Tuesday, March 16, 2010

most people are now saying us long islanders experienced a rather wicked hurricane. people are still without power and or their cable and sadly, last I heard, nine people have died due to fallen trees. I also heard 250 trees fell in the town of hempstead during the storm. & that is just one town. as I write this winds are still gusting at 43 mph. you may want to click on this photo to get a better view of the man working towards the top of this tree. the size of a tree can be deceiving. just take a look at the pile of logs on the front lawn. these guys have their work cut out for them.this post is a part of "that's my world tuesday". to share a part of yours or just see more of others, please go to "that's my world tuesday". thanks to klaus for hosting with his team of helpers, sandy, wren, fishing guy and sylvia.

22 comments:

Oh, wow!! you guys have had more than your share of bad weather this year! Are those kinds of wind common there?? This has just been a weird weather year all over the country!! I do hope you're safe and I will be holding good thoughts for you! Hope your week gets better, not worse, Lily!

We do get hurricanes Sylvia, but 60 mph winds are unusual. & your thoughts are much appreciated, thank you.: )Alexa, I think we were just lucky. though I have been hearing of neighborhoods with trees down along entire blocks (like your Monday post described), thankfully, no damage here.I don't think anyone expected the storm to be so bad!

Hi everyone, The sun made an appearance this morning and the winds have actually died down, YAy!

Wolynski,I wish they would bury the lines. It was poor planning from the get go.Long Island Power Authority aka LIPA would do the work, but each town would have to foot the bill and at this point the cost is astronomical.

Bobbie, I think a branch did hit their roof, it looked like there was a slight indentation on it that was hard to see in this photo. Either way I'm sure the owners felt it was too close for comfort after the hurricane.

our electric co workers were up in cherry pickers during the height of the stormthanks to them our power was only out for a few hoursit was a wicked storm here in NJ and by youand poor Westchesteran entire street of historic trees was lostI hate losing trees

yeah, I was out driving (to and fro on the Belt Water, er, Parkway, no less!) All Day on Saturday, it was CRAZY. Barrels and pylons meant to divert traffic away from extra deep potholes and flooded areas were rolling all around the road in the wind. There were trees down all over the place in Brooklyn...but we got by w no loss of electricity (yay).

That was a pretty bad storm. Our power went off a couple of times over the weekend thankfully not for long. Your picture graphically tells the story. The last two days have been beautiful here. I hope it's now the same in Long Island.

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